Gombe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Gombe State, Mr Clement Yunana, by a hit-and-run driver.
The 50-year-old officer attached to the Railway Police Outstation in Bajoga, Gombe State was hit by the vehicle on Wednesday.
The accident occurred around 5 pm near the Matrix Filling Station in Tumfure area of the state capital.
The police Public Relations Officer PPRO of the Command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, said this in a press release on Friday, He said the driver who hit the police officer fled the scene without stopping or offering assistance to the victim.
PPRO said that the remains of the deceased officer have been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary for an autopsy.
Abdullahi said that the state police command commenced a full-scale investigation into the incident and is working to identify and apprehend the fleeing driver.
“The police are appealing to the public for any information that will aid in identifying the vehicle involved in the fatal accident,” he pleaded.
According to eyewitnesses, ASP Yunana was attempting to cross the road when an unidentified vehicle heading towards Gombe metropolis knocked him down.
He said that the police man was rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, where he was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. on the same day.
